Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGenius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERUnblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBegin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREverything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
SENECA THE YOUNGERChoose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhere reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
SENECA THE YOUNGERVirtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGod is near you, is with you, is inside you.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIgnorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuch as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBelieve me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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